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Doctor Nicolas Gosman



Plant Breeder for Plant Genetics, Breeding and Evaluation
Tel: +44 (0)1223 342473
Email: Nicolas Gosman
NIAB, Huntington Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, UK

I co-ordinate the pre-breeding initiative at NIAB in Cambridge. I provide plant breeding expertise in support of crop development programs under the leadership of Professor Andy Greenland and the associate heads of Centre, Donal O’Sullivan and Simon Kerr.

I am a crop geneticist and agronomist with expertise in cereal and ornamental breeding, molecular genetics and molecular plant pathology. I have 20 years’ experience in cereal production, commercial plant breeding and academic research in the UK, Australia and the United Republic of Tanzania. I joined NIAB from the John Innes Centre in April 2006.

Research interests
 

  • Quantitative genetics and plant breeding
  • Genetic basis of plant-microbe interactions
  • Trait dissection and ‘smart’ screening


Publications
Gosman, N., Chandler, E., Thomsett, M., Draeger, R., Nicholson, P (2005). Analysis of the relationship between parameters of resistance to Fusarium head blight and in vitro tolerance to deoxynivalenol in the winter wheat cultivar WEK0609. European Journal of Plant Pathology 111: 57 – 66.

Jennings, P., Gosman, N (2004) Control of mycotoxins: raw material production. 18: 443 – 455. In Mycotoxins in Food: Detection and Control. Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, England.

Nicholson P, Chandler E, Draeger RC, Gosman NE, Simpson DR, Thomsett M, Wilson AH (2003). Molecular tools to study epidemiology and toxicology of Fusarium head blight of cereals. European Journal of Plant Pathology 109: 691 – 703.

Mentewab, A., Rezanoor, H. N., Gosman, N., Worland, A. J., Nicholson, P (1999). Chromosomal location of Fusarium head blight resistance genes and analysis of the relationship between resistance to head blight and brown foot rot. Plant Breeding 119: 15-20.

Gosman, N., Bayles, R., Jennings, P., Kirby, J., Nicholson., P (accepted for publication). The Fusarium head blight status of UK winter wheat varieties. Plant Pathology.

Gosman, N., Steed, A., Chandler, E., Thomsett, M., Bayles., Jennings, P., Hollins, H., Chapman, C., Nicholson, P (submitted for review). Use of toxin producing and non-producing species as a method to infer the presence of Type I and Type II resistance to Fusarium head blight in wheat. Plant Pathology.